Chapter 314 Replaced

All this happening in Xiqiu has long been passed on to the imperial capital.

After Andy's careful support over the past few days, the empire's newspaper industry has long developed to an extremely developed state. The people's enthusiasm for this fresh thing continues to rise. In Andy's view, newspapers have become an important tool for guiding and even controlling the people's hearts.

The scandal about the divine religion that occurred in Sichu has been produced and published in seven or eight versions.

Andy insisted on writing one thing into seven or eight different story versions, which originally made the fat man a little puzzled.

The old skeleton just smiled faintly and said, "In this world, human curiosity is always the strongest. And when faced with such an interesting thing, if we just tell it, then there are always some loopholes, and there will always be some smart people who will see some flaws. But we deliberately tell the story into several different versions, and even if there are some loopholes, people have no time to take care of it. Anyway, our purpose is to mess up the water! Make things big! Make seven or eight versions of the story. After reading it, people will definitely argue about which version is the true one! No matter how long they fight and what the final result will be, they have left a deep impression on everyone this scandal of the Divine Cult! As for the truth of the matter... Humph, a thousand people have one thousand mouths, and these thousand mouths may be able to say ten thousand words! Haha..."

The fat man looked at the sinister smile of the old skeleton, pondered for a moment, and slowly said:

"Old guy, when it comes to conspiracy, I have never seen you more sinister than you!"

In any case, the prestige of the Divine Cult is ruined. Under the propaganda of the empire's emerging industry newspapers, public opinion throughout the empire seemed to be discussing the scandal that took place in the fiefdom of the Tulip Family.

The old skeleton also spent some time on the arrangement of this matter. First of all, the fiefdom of the Tulip Family is a place where the power of the Divine Cult is relatively weak. Secondly, the Tulip Family is now almost the existence of God in the hearts of the people of the Empire. It is an idol worshipped by thousands of people. Now such a scandal has occurred in such a sacred place. While people despise the despicable practice of the Divine Cult, they will also have anger! It is a blasphemy for the sacred glory of the Tulip Family!

Newspapers in the imperial capital are making follow-up reports almost every day.

For example, the arrested bishop has any new confession.

For example, many people are talking about how the greedy bishop embezzled such a large amount of money...

And the things like whips and iron shackles that were found have also caused discussions from certain special groups...

Finally, one day, almost all newspapers in the Empire large and small were published in a large-titled report at the same time.

"Is it sacred or dark under the brilliance of that halo?"

In such a big text, all of them pointed the limelight at the Divine Cult! Although they did not directly explain it, most people who have read this text would ask: How many such greedy charlatans are there in the Divine Cult? Although they have captured a bishop, are those who have not been arrested really clean?

So many religious taxes we pay every year, did they worship God or did they fatten these greedy charlatans?

For a moment, the Empire was in an uproar!

As for the signature of this report, it is naturally the chief commentator: Mr. Andy.

Under the sunset, a team of people guarding the carriage slowly entered the imperial capital.

In the carriage was Lord Rody, his wife, Miss Nicole of the Tulips family, and the other two confidants.

Under the escort of a team of Royal Guards and the 50 most elite Thunder Whip, Roddy returned to the imperial capital in a low-key manner, ending his leisurely life in Xilin Province.

During this period, Roddy was very upset in Cialis. First of all, the Divine Church immediately sent someone to ask for the release of the bishop and asked for a detailed investigation of the matter to repay the glory of the Divine Church!

Roddy showed even more strongly about such a tough demand. He once directly bombarded the elder of the Supreme Religious Center sent by the God Cult from the Tulip Villa. This elder was an old guy from an elder group who came from the imperial capital to deal with this matter after the incident.

Roddy said with confidence: "I'm not a believer! Your teachings cannot control me! I'm only responsible for the laws of the empire! So don't fucking point fingers at me!"

The elder, who was extremely high in the Divine Cult, was furious and almost turned against him on the spot. In his anger, he immediately summoned the two thousand flame warriors stationed in Xiqiu City, and almost forced them to steal people by force.

But after all, Deputy Commander Streal of the Flame Warrior Order was quite rational - he came early and had seen the marquis being tough. For a person who does not believe in the Divine Church, it would be useless to talk about influence and persuasion!

Moreover, he carefully suggested the irritated elder: "We only have two thousand flame warriors here, but there are thousands of royal guards! If you don't say anything else, you really fight... Hehe... Moreover, they are the royal guards, which represents the imperial royal family's face..."

Although these words were not very nice, it was inevitable that they would be a little discouraged, but the elder finally calmed down. After all, no one who could reach such a high status was fool. He was just angry with this young marquis, who was so arrogant that he was not afraid of the emperor. After calming down, he immediately thought of a fact: This Marquis Roddy was deliberately looking for trouble!

Since it's not tough, then let's be soft.

But Roddy no longer gave him a chance. He just kept his guests away every day. What's the point of being an elder of the God Cult? The Tulip Villa is closed, and the Royal Guards and Thunder Whip are holding their hands outside. Even if the Pope comes, they probably won't buy it!

The Royal Guards only recognize the emperor, while the Thunder Whip only recognizes Duke of Tulip or Miss Nicole!

The Divine Church also quickly changed its strategy. It is estimated that the public opinion pressure in the imperial capital was too great. They started to demand defense, but finally turned into the extremely sinful bishop who was "blasphemy and let down the trust of the church" immediately. Although such a move almost means confessing his guilt, if the matter can be ended immediately, it will always be better than the current situation that is too intense!

But Roddy still ignored it and simply replied: The case is complicated and it is under investigation! He drove away the person.

The Divine Cult can be managed in the empire for so many years and it is not without foundation. Many empire officials are also believers of the church. Since they cannot do it privately, the Divine Cult also wants to take another way, such as putting some pressure on the young marquis through officialdom. Of course, there are almost no people in the empire in the officialdom that dare to offend this young and promising Marquis Roddy, but it is always the same principle that has never changed in the officialdom forever.

But Roddy is extremely tough!

Especially in the fiefdom of the Tulip Family!

As early as after Roddy returned from a war in the northwest for the first time, he encountered a rebellion from the local consul, and took the opportunity to sweep the entire tulip fiefdom. Almost all of the original forces were cleaned up again. The current tulip family fiefdom is absolutely loyal to the tulip family from top to bottom. Some officials are simply retired officers who had followed the Duke to fight in the northwest of the Duke!

Faced with these people, the official forces of the Divine Cult are helpless and have no room for development.

So, after dealing with it for a while, Roddy got the secret letter from the old skeleton, took the people away from the fiefdom, and returned to the imperial capital.

The carriage walked into the imperial capital. Although it was evening, Roddy could still see some strange things in the imperial capital.

Originally common in imperial capital, clergymen walking in groups of three or three on the street have almost disappeared. It seems that there are no clergymen walking on the street now. Even if you occasionally see one or two servants wearing religious uniforms, they will bow their heads and go in a hurry.

Roddy went back to his marquis' mansion, and then took the guard alone to the palace to see the old skeleton.

In the Royal Special Martial Arts Field inside the palace, everyone was ordered not to enter. Only a team of royal guards were guarding far away outside. Roddy walked in alone, and everyone who saw him bowed his head and bowed.

When the heavy door was pushed open, a loud roar was heard inside, and then a cold light came everywhere.

Roddy almost had a conditioned reflex. He pulled out the scimitar with his backhand like lightning and stood it horizontally. Then he heard a crisp sound. The other party groaned, took two steps back, and the long sword in his hand was broken into two pieces.

Roddy was definitely not feeling well, and the person who attacked him was extremely powerful. Roddy hurriedly blocked him, felt a force bumping around his chest, his arms numb, and he also groaned. He just relied on his dragon curse scimitar as a treasure, and then he broke the opponent's weapon.

After Ruolan stood firm, she glanced at Roddy fiercely and sneered: "Boy Roddy, you are really a good method. The old fat man said that I can't hurt you this time!"

Roddy smiled reluctantly. His strength was slowly recovering, and so far he had only recovered to the realm of a swordsman. As for the realm, it means that nothing could be achieved. Although this made Roddy very depressed, he knew that the spiritual consciousness he swallowed was not an ordinary thing. If he wanted to restore his strength, it might not be achieved in the short term.

A burst of applause came, and the fat man Tianlie stood in a corner of the martial arts training ground, looked at Roddy with a smile, and then shouted: "Good boy, I finally didn't embarrass me!"

Ruolan pondered for a while and shouted, "Fatty! I still can't beat him! Let's continue practicing!"

Roddy calmed down a little, and then suppressed the sensation that was rushing in her heart.

The old skeleton robe sat on a chair with his emperor robe, looking at the two fat men, a man and a woman who started to form a ball in the field. Then he looked at Roddy with his eyes and waved, "Boy, are you back?"

Roddy walked over and smiled bitterly, "You have caused me a lot of trouble again. The elder of the God Cult blocked me at the gate of the Tulip House in Xiqiu every day. If I don't come back, I will be impatient sooner or later and chop him up with one knife!"

Andy smiled and glanced at Roddy, and suddenly whispered: "Then let's chop him up!"

"What's wrong? It's time to start?" Roddy glanced at him.

Andy sighed: "I have ordered a investigation into religious taxes throughout the empire. Starting yesterday, all religious taxes will be stopped within all territories of the Empire of Light!"

Roddy took a breath: "Didn't that cut off the financial source of the Divine Church? Will the Pope agree?"

"No, no, no!" Andy sneered: "Unless he is sure to turn against us immediately and start a civil war!"

Roddy thought for a while and said, "It is unlikely to start a war. After all, the military is strong now, and the Flame Warriors are scattered all over the place. Our Thunder Whip has just been adjusted after the war. The military morale is absolutely loyal and morale, and they are at the peak. The atmosphere within the Divine Cult is probably not so united."

Andy smiled and said, "When this matter happened, many devout believers in the imperial capital have greatly reduced their loyalty to the Divine Cult. I guess the same is true in other places. I heard that even within the Flame Warrior Order, the morale of the army is not so stable. Even if the war begins, those warriors should think about whether such a despicable and corrupt Divine Cult is worth working for it. So the Pope definitely dares not start a war! He is not sure!"

Roddy thought for a while and frowned, "But now that things are so big, what do you want to do next?"

The old skeleton murmured, "Rody, do you know? People's belief in God is nothing more than a spiritual sustenance. People all need a role model and an idol as a comfort in their hearts. Religion is nothing more than giving people such spiritual satisfaction." After a pause, he smiled and said, "So, it is impossible to completely disappear. So, I mean..."

He narrowed his eyes and smiled, "Use a new religion to get the current divine religion!"

Looking at Roddy's puzzled gaze, the old skeleton smiled and continued: "The empire has believed in gods for hundreds of years. Such a foundation cannot be completely eradicated by you and I, so I don't want to do that kind of effortless thing! I mean, let everyone understand that God does exist, and we do want to believe in great gods, but the current gods do not represent gods! We can guide people to feel that the current gods have betrayed the doctrine of gods! They have fallen into a blasphemous existence! They are no longer worthy of continuing to serve gods! Therefore, I want to create a new gods in the empire to replace the current gods!"

Roddy seemed to have some insight and whispered: "You mean..."

The old skeleton stood up, clapped his hands and smiled, "I mean, create a new idol for people to worship, and create a new god for the public to believe in! And we happen to have a unique and excellent condition! We have a treasure that is as brilliant as it can be!"

Speaking of this, the old skeleton smiled a little maliciously and whispered: "Boy, are you interested in being a god once? Lord Tulip Duke... My great 'God of War'?"
Chapter completed!